These Chocolate Ginger Cookies are a delicious cross between a chocolate snickerdoodle and gingerbread dusted with crunchy sugar crust.
Quick look at Chocolate Ginger Cookies
- ⏲️ 15 mins hands-on time.
- 🛒 Ingredients: Simple pantry ingredients + spices.
- 🍽️ Makes: 36 cookies.
- 🧑🍳 Difficulty: Easy - kid-friendly recipe.
- 🗃️ Make ahead: Keep for 5 days in an air-tight container or make dough and freeze.
Looking for a warm, spiced twist on chocolate chip cookies?
These ginger spiced, double chocolate beauties are sure to hit the spot.
The dough is simple and quick to make (especially with a mixer). You can even make it ahead of time and freeze for fresh cookie dough at a moment's notice.
Why make these Chocolate Ginger Cookies
Chocolate! With chocolate. Do I need to say more?
They're crunchy and sweet on the outside and soft on the inside -a little like a Pfeffernusse cookies.
The delicious warm spices balance out the sweetness of the cookies.
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Recipe Ingredients
- Plain flour - regular all-pupose (or plain) flour is the base for these cookies. You could also use spelt flour.
- Cocoa powder - the best quality you can get or you can also use cacao powder
- Ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg - add the flavour & delicious warmth (you can sub cloves & nutmeg with mixed spice)
- Salt - sea salt not table salt
- Butter - the real stuff that comes in foil not the tub stuff
- Sugars - use a combo of raw/caster and brown for the perfect texture
- Molasses - or use golden syrup or treacle - don't use backstrap molasses, it's a little too strong.
- Vanilla extract - because vanilla makes everything taste even better. I like to make my own vanilla extract.
- Chocolate chips - or finely chop a block of dark chocolate.
- Extra caster sugar or raw sugar - for rolling the dough in prior to baking.
How To Make Chocolate Ginger Cookies
Step 1 - Sift the flour, bicarb, salt & spices together.
Step 2 - Use an electric mixer and beat the sugars together with the butter. I love the combination of brown and white sugar together. It makes them extra special.
Step 3 - Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
Step 4 - Add the egg, molasses & vanilla to the bowl and beat until it is just combined.
Step 5 - Add the sifted dry ingredients and mix them through.
Step 6 - Add the chocolate chips and mix them through.
Step 7 - Make sure they're nice and evenly mixed in. Nothing worse than a chocolate chip cookie with no chocolate in it!
Step 8 - Using a level tablespoon of dough at a time, roll into balls.
Step 9 - Roll the balls in a bowl of sugar (we like using raw sugar for extra crunch).
Step 10 - I found the easiest way was to use a small bowl but you could also use a container, pour sugar on the bottom, add the rolled dough, tip sugar over the top and give it a jiggle to coat them.
Step 11 - Place the prepared balls on a lined baking tray leaving 3cm between them and bake for 8-10 minutes at 160C fan-forced.
Step 12 - Leave to cool on the trays for 5 minutes.
Step 13 - Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Step 14 - Serve right away or store in an airtight container.
Recipe FAQs
No there's no need to chill the dough before baking Chocolate Ginger Cookies.
Absolutely! Before or after you roll the dough in the sugar, freeze on a tray until solid then pop into a ziplock bag and into the freezer.
Write the baking instructions on the bag and then thaw briefly before rolling in sugar and baking as instructed.
Recipe
Choc ginger biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 cups plain AP flour
- 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 125 g butter softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup molasses I used golden syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips I used a chopped up block of chocolate
- 3 tablespoon sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160C(320F) fan-forced and line two baking sheets with baking paper.
- Sift the flour, cocoa, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg into a medium-sized bowl and set it aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugars together until it is light and creamy.
- Add the egg with the motor running then add the golden syrup and vanilla and beat them into the batter.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients and continue to beat until everything is mixed in.
- Take the bowl off the stand and add the chocolate chips and stir them through.
- Using a tablespoon-full of dough at a time, roll the dough into balls and then roll in the sugar.
- Place the balls at least 3cm apart from each other on the baking tray.
- Bake the biscuits for 8-10 minutes or until they start to form cracks on the top.
- Leave them to rest on the baking tray for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Claire Cameron says
'Oh. My. Goodness.' The reaction from every member of my family taking a bite out of these delicious cookies.
beti says
I love the cracks they have, the cookies look fantastic, the should definetly be a hit
Jennifer (Delicieux) says
Claire, these look fabulous!!! That crunchy sugar crust looks so delicious!
Claire says
Its so good. Years ago Brumby's bakery used to make a chocolate chip muffin that had a sugar crust on it. It was so delicious!
Daisy@Nevertoosweet says
Lovely! I'm not sure if it's because it's quite cold now but i'm really into ginger desserts lately :) so definitely want to try these!
Claire says
I'm always into ginger. There's something so comforting about it.
The Café Sucré Farine says
Claire...........Claire..............Claire, I thought I already talked to you about crackly cookies, I have a terrible time resisting them and here you've done it again! Oh my, these look amazing - I'm so glad I would have to swim a huge wide ocean in order to break into your cookie jar! :)
Claire says
Sorry Chris (hangs head in shame). I did think of you when I was posting this recipe yesterday.
Lisa says
These sound so good. I might have to think of someone to make them for so I can try one or two. A whole batch to myself would be way too dangerous!
Claire says
I agree! I always have to have a recipient lined up when I bake. It helps to tell them you're baking for them first so you can't 'forget' to give it to them.
Celia says
Ooh Claire, they look divine! I love the chocolate and ginger combination!
Claire says
They're so yummy Celia. Chocolate and spice = delicious!
Lizzy (Good Things) says
These look delicious! Right now, however, I must say NO to any more sweets, biscuits, chocolates and cakes. My clothes are just not fitting, LOL. Time to take action. Thanks for sharing a great recipe though!
Claire says
You think it's bad... I have a wedding dress fitting on Friday! Being very very good between now and then!
Sook says
These look so good!